200 WOROBSTBR. YI. 15U. 1. "Charles Sombbsbt, Knight^ Babon [pominu8 HiBBiBT, Chamberhun to the King/'(«) wni er. 1 Fek 1518/4, EARL OP WOROBSTEa(^) He waa illegit. a. of Henr^ (Biaufobt), Dukb of SoMiown ^beheaded 8 April or 15 May 1464), by Joan Hill, apinater ; waa 5. about 1460 ; KnigkUi (by the Archdaka of Auatria) before Aug. 1485 ; P.G. 1485 ; Capi. of the Teomen of tbe Guard, 1486 ; Cupbearer, 1486; Kuight of the Body, 1486-1508 ; Conatable of Helmealey CaaUe, 1487 ; Capt and Admiral of the Fleets 1488 ; waa Plenipo., 12 Sept. 1490, to in? eat Maximilian, King of the Romana, with the Garter(^) ; waa &.0. (28 April!), 1496; Knight Banneret, 16 July 1497; waa on aeveral embaaaiea to Franoe, 1498, 1505, 1514, 1517, 1521 and 1525, and to Germany, 1501-02 and 1517, being then Vice-Chamberlain of the Houaehold and Capt of the Guard. Having m. 2 June 1472, Elisabeth, dt Jurt^ tuojure Babonksb Hbrbbrt, da. and h. (16 July 1491, when ahe waa aged 80) of William (Hirbbbt), Eabl or HunriMODOM, formerly Earl of Pbmbbokb, by hia firat wife Mary, da. of Richard (Wtd¥ILLb lat Eabl Rivirs, heappearato have been atyled, in her right, aa early aa 21 Feb. 1504, Lobd Hbbbkrt, and ia generally atated to have been cr, by patent 26 Nov. 1506, BARON HERBERT OF RAGLAND, CHEPSTOW AND GOWER, but " no enrolment of thia patent nor any Privy Seal, nor Signed Bill (among the Chancery Series) haa been found bearing on the creation. '*(*) He waa, however, aum. to Pari, aa LORD HERBERT, by wriU dat. 17 Oct. (1509) 1 Hen. VIII. and 28 Nov. (1511) 8 Hen. VIII, directed ** Carolo Stmertet de Hmrbert, Ckivakr:' He waa L. Chamberlain of the Houaehold to Hen. VII., 1508-09, and to Hen. VIII., 1509- 1526, being cr. by the latter, 1 FoU 1518/4, £arl of WorutUr aa afad. He had been in command of 6,000 foot in the eipeditiou to France, the aiegea of Toumay and Tlierouenne in 1518, and waa preaent at the coronation of Mary, the King'a aiater, aa Queen Conaort of France, in 1514 ; waa Preaident of the Order of the Garter, 1518, and Chancellor of that Order, 1523. Hia ft ret wife, the heii-eaa of Herbert, who waa 6. at Ragkn Caatle about 1461, d. about 1514, and waa 6iir. at St. George'a, Windaor. He m., aecondly, Elizabeth (by whom he had 8 children), da. of Thomaa (Wbst), Lobd Dblawabb, by hia firat wife, Elisabeth, da. of Hugh Mortiubb. He m., thirdly, Eleanor, da. of Edward (Sutton), Lord Duduet, by Cedly, da. of Sir William WiLLOUQHBY. He d 15 April 1526 and waa 5iir. at St George'a afad.(<i) M.I.(«) Will in which he atylea himaelf '* Erie of Worceatour, Lorde Herbert of Gower and of Chepatowe," dat 21 March 1528/4, pr. 1526.(0 Hia third wife (by whom he had no iaaue) aurvived him. VII. 1626. )8. Hbnrt (Sombrbit), Earl of Worokstkr, ^., Ist a. and h., being only a. by lat wife ; (. about 1495 ; waa, aa early aa 1510, joint Steward of the Lordahipa of Monmouth and Groamont ; Uyltd Lobo Hbrbbbt, 1514-26 ; Page of Honour, 1518 ; Cupbearer, 1521 ; Capt. in the army in Franoe, 1528, being hnighUd (by the Duke of SuflTolk), 1 Nov. 1528 ; ni& (o Oa peerage, aa above, 15 April 1526 ; Sheriff of oo. Glamorgan, 1526 ; waa one of Uie Peera who aigbed the declaration to the Pope, in 1580, reapecting the Kiog'a divorce from Queen Katharine. He m. flratly. about July 1520, Margaret (then living and in attendance on the infant Prinoeaa Mary), da. of William (Coubtimat), Eabl op Dbyoh, by the Ladv Katharine Plamtaqbbbt, yat da. of Sdward IV. She d. a.p. He m. aecondly, before 1527, Eliiabeth, da. of Sir Anthony Bbowmb, of Beech worth Caatle, oo. Surrey, Standard bearer to Henry VII., by Lucy, da. and coheir of John (Nbvill), Mabqubsb of Montaou. He d- 26 Nov. 1549, aged about 58, and waa5icr. (») See OreiUumi, 1488-1646, in ap. 47th Rep. D. E. Pub. Recorda. (^) The patent containa theae worda "Conaiderantea generia nobilitatem et pnocipue nobia in aanguine propinouitatem probatiaaimi viri, amantiaaimi oonaanguinei noatri, Caroli Somerset, MiltUa, Domini Herbert, et Camerarii noatri," ko. (e) See voL ii^p. 192, note "a," for a liat of theae Special Garter Miasiona. (<^) Cardinal wolaey writea of him, 1519, to the King " Mete for hia experience and aotivenea [to command an] annye royall " [MS. Cott Viietl, fi. zx. f. 255]. An intelligent-looking portrait^ in a cap after a painter unknown," ia engraved in
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(•) The tomb there containing the recumbent figurea of himself and hia firat wife la engraved in San^ferd. (0 Printed in OoU. Top. d Qen,, Tol. t, p. 805.
